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Finamore: Books, Music, TV, and Film
Zmag Article, June, 01 2012
Carl Finamore
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Books by Jack Rasmus, Selma James, Occupy Writers, and Michael T. Klare are reviewed as well as music by Sinead O'Connor, the TV show "Treme," and films from Turkish filmmakers
Harris: NATO in Chicago: Protests Are Here to Stay, and the Warmakers are Afraid
Znet Article, May, 22 2012
Mark t. Harris
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As the protests in Chicago reveal, ignoring progressive demands for peace and economic justice is a course society’s rulers now engage at their own peril
Harris: Planet Hiroshima 2010
Znet Article, August, 08 2010
Mark t. Harris
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Commemorating the memory of the victims of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, we have to acknowledge that the threat of nuclear annihilation remains real. Yet the irony of our age is that for the first time in human history...
Harris: The Drama of the Gifted Therapist
Znet Article, May, 14 2010
Mark t. Harris
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Born in Poland in 1923 and growing up under the cloud of European fascism, Alice Miller knew how critical it was to understand the roots of hatred in the world. She wrote with the urgency of someone who had seen the worst of humanity and who knew ...
Harris: When Students Become the Teachers
Znet Article, April, 09 2010
Mark t. Harris
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Like their predecessors in May 1970, the younger generation once again has something important to say: Anything is possible if you fight for it.
Finamore: What Will an Obama Presidency Bring?
Znet Article, July, 30 2008
Carl Finamore
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After 16 years of someone named either Bush or Clinton occupying the White House, the timing was right for Barack Obama’s presumptive victory as the Democratic Party presidential nominee. It was a victory the party establishment did not see coming.
Harris: Iraq and the Elections:
Znet Article, March, 01 2008
Mark t. Harris
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The recent best-seller, "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure,” by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, is an inspired compilation of efforts at distilling a person's story into six words.
Harris: Juno and the Right to Abortion
Znet Article, January, 21 2008
Mark t. Harris
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In Minnesota, a pregnant teenager under the age of 18 who wants an abortion is legally required to comply with that state's parental notification law.
Harris: What Does It Mean to 'Support the Troops'?
Znet Article, October, 06 2007
Mark t. Harris
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NORMAL, IL.—The Illinois town of Normal is the typical American town for more than the suggestiveness of i...
Harris: We Are All Living on Planet Hiroshima
Znet Article, August, 07 2007
Mark t. Harris
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When the first atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, two-year-old Sadako Sasaki was at home with her family. Unlike tens of thou...
Harris: Bush Makes Clear Why a Health Care Revolt is Needed
Znet Article, July, 29 2007
Mark t. Harris
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President Bush has not directly commented on filmmaker Michael Moore's SiCKO and it's devastating critique of the U.S. health care system. He doesn't have to.The President made clear which side of health care progress he's on when he recently stat...
Harris: Now That Imus is Gone, What About All The Right-Wing Lies?
Znet Article, April, 22 2007
Mark t. Harris
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As a fan of women's basketball, I never thought I'd see the day when a story about an NCAA women's team led the national television networks evening news broadcasts.We can credit this broadcasting first not to the wider publicity the women's sport...
Harris: None Dare Call It Reason
Znet Article, December, 15 2006
Mark t. Harris
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I couldn't help but overhear the young man in the retail chain store last week. He was the fellow wearing the T-shirt with the word "security" emblazoned in large block letters. He was talking to a young couple as they browsed the store's music se...
Harris: Immigrants Are Not the Enemy
Zmag Article, July, 01 2006
Mark t. Harris
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I grew up hearing stories about how one of my ancestors arrived on the Mayflower. I also knew my father’s family of English and Welsh immigrants were among the original Mormon pioneers to the...
Harris: Women, Gays, and Basketball
Zmag Article, January, 01 2006
Mark t. Harris
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T he announcement by WNBA superstar Sheryl Swoopes that she’s gay was greeted by the nation’s sports commentators mostly with an accepting shrug. Swoopes can be who she is and be open a...
Harris: 'Alternative' Media Quietly Sells Out to Whole Foods Market
Znet Article, April, 28 2005
Mark t. Harris
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In July 2002, employees at the Whole Foods Market in Madison, Wisconsin, made history when they voted to become the first unionized store at the natural foods mega-chain. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)-supported organizing drive was...
